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If WireGuard is so great (rethorical position, not actually doubting it is) why isn't there a Kickstart effort or some angel funding to speed up its development

If WireGuard is so great (rethorical position, not actually doubting it is) why isn't there a Kickstart effort or some angel funding to speed up its development to all platforms ?

zx2c4 8y ago
Development of security software is slow and careful, so we're not trying to rush anything. But, you can indeed donate to the efforts, which makes a big difference: https://www.wireguard.com/donations/ https://www.wireguard.com/donations/ https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?c=1100957 https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?c=1100957
lvh 8y ago
Wireguard has taken third party funds to expedite development, but as far as I know the author is pretty adamant all the implementations are freely available and open source, so maybe angel funds aren’t the best direct way forward. Disclaimer: I’m a principal at Latacora and we paid the author some money to make native Mac clients happen. There’s also a VPN provider who paid money toward development. I’d rather they did it right than rush it to meet a kickstarter date.
- codezero 8y ago
  Private Internet Access was one of the vpn providers. https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/01/private-internet-access-proud-supporting-wireguard-project/ https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/01/private-i...
- throw2465723 8y ago
  Also seems to have received 1BTC from controversial Mircea Popescu. (http://btcbase.org/log/2018-04-11#1796067 http://btcbase.org/log/2018-04-11#1796067)